“I just hope that I will be as good a mom to my child and hopefully children as my mom was to me,” Chelsea said, while her husband Marc Mezvinsky stood in the back of the room.

“Marc and I are very excited that we have our first child arriving later this year and I certainly feel all the better, whether it’s a girl or a boy, that she or he will grow up in a world full of so many strong female leaders.”

Hillary chimed in that she’s “really excited” for her first grandchild.

My most exciting title yet: Grandmother-To-Be! @billclinton and I are thrilled that Chelsea and Marc are expecting their first child!

“If at some point that weren’t the case, and I didn’t support my mayor or my city councilwoman or my congressman or either of my senators — and I’m lucky to live in a state where I have lots of women representing me, you know — maybe then I’d have to ask and answer the question for myself, and come to a different answer,” she told FastCompany in an interview.